The Washington critic., 1887-02-05

on high license as the only effective
means of mitigating the evils Of the
iraili
TnE awful sJlcmuity which usually
characteriIcs the proceedings of the
Senate was broken In upon yesterday
by an animated personal colloquy be.
tween Senator Beck and Senator Sauls-
bury, which at times made close ap.
proach 10 the verge of belligerency aud
caused decidedly lurid tlnge TO per.
wade the badly ventilated atmosphere.
by the Intervention Of friends, how.
ever, we are gratiled to learn that all
danger of further unplcasantuess, or
resort TO sanguinary measures, has been
happily nvcrtcd, and the re establish
ment Of friendly relations between the
parties to the contention is confidently
expected. The country should look
charitably upon the matter. The frisky
and fiery impulses of youth cannot al
ways be restrained. Age and expert
cncc will temper the hot blood, even of
Delaware and Kentucky, and long may
these rising young statesmen survive
10 become veterans of the Senate
Chamber and laugh over the cXubcr'
apce Of their earlier years.
THE men of the Signal Service are
on the right track in petItioning for a
transfer of the bureau to the Agricul.
tural Department. 1t is au institution
which ought to be under purely civil
administration. General Sheridan has
made this matter SO plain that we can.
not understand why there should be
any contention over II, The merits Of
the question nrc as one.sidcl as the
handle Of jug
TrTumnANcEs in she Eur pean
stock exchanges do not necessarily i'm
~ war. 1t is to he borne in miui
that un important election is just nov
pending in Germany, and the more of
war scare Prince Bismarck can keep
up the better for the chances of his
Army bill. That either France or
Germany, however, Is anxious to pre-.
cipitate hostilities, does not appear.
The Radical attack upon the Govern.
ment, made in the English House of
Commons yesterday, ended in most
humiliatiug repulsc, an amendment to
the Queens speech demanding the i'm
mediate recall of all the British forces
in Egypt being defeated by vote of
2G3 to 81.
Mn BECK made vigorous and ag-
gressive fight for his Railroad Attor.
ney bill and deserves credit, but he is
hardly TO be congratulated on the re-
suit, The bill as finally passed is mu-
tilated beyond recognition by the
amendments of its enemies.
THE death of Mr.. John L. Norris
loses TO this District an old and valued
citizen, and to the legal profession a
prominent member The deceased
also had large circle of friends, among
whom he will long be missed and re.
greited.
As WAS to be expected, the Cinciu-
natl story about the organization of q
theatrical company in the interest of
the creditors of the late Archbishop
Purcell meets with prompt and cm.
phatic denial from Archbishop Elder.
Mr.. HENRY WATTERsoN Is address.
ing himself To the Administration with
a "pernicious activity" which he hopes
will result in the "innocuous desue
tudc" of every Mugwumpian principle
lnE rumOred impeachment Of Sccre
tary Manning is a soft impeachment,
indeed-very soft 1t should hardly bl
dignitied by n denial
The President has sigued the Inter,
state Commerce bill Now comes til.
long and short haul for the Commis
sionerships.
lIENRY WArTERsoN wants God tC
raise upa leader for the Democratic
party. Hasn't It too many leaders al
ready?